Coin or change delivery machine.



A. VON BARTH. V COIN 0R CHANGE DELIVERY MACHINE.

APPLICATION- msu JAN- 30, 1914.

Patented Jun. 4, 1916.

ARTHUR VON EARTH, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

COIN OR CHANGE DELIVERY MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

Original application filed March 10, 1911, Serial No.,613.638. Divided and this application filed January v 30,1914. Serial No. 815,435.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

for delivering other articles like tickets andany round disks and square shaped objects.

The present mechanism as applied to the coin or change delivery is operated in conjunction with a controlling and registering device with a keyboard, keysof which when depressed cause a coin or a number of coins to be delivered at a time, registering at the same time on a sheet of paper inserted over the printing roller of'said controlling device the denomination of a coin or amount of coins ultimately delivered.

In the accompanying drawing whlch form a part of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation of the coin delivery mechanism sectioned on the line A-A of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a plan view of saidmechanism partly broken off. Fig. 3 is an end elevation sectioned on the line 13-13 of Fig. 1. Figs. i, 5 and G are explanatory sketches of certain details of the mechanism. Fig. 7 is an approximate sketch of the controlling and registering keyboard placed at any convenient distance and location to the coin delivery mechanism.

1 will now describe the coin or change deing M may each be longer than its width so as to contain a number of columns of coins of the same denomination, and these 'may conveniently be separated from each other by divisions m as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. By this arrangement the com mechanism is enabled to contam a very large number of coins, and the feeding out mechanism which will be described, is adapted to feed out successively from each of the difl'erent columns without the need of any special attention by the operator or any re-adjustment of the mechanism after one'column has been exhausted. Each of the compartments has a coin exit in front, for example the first or nickle compartment has a coin exit at m such exit consistingin a horizontal slit of sufficient depth to permit one or more coins to pass outwardly; as also according to the respective compartment from which one or more coins has to be delivered at a time, they also being of varying depths according to the coins. Each of the compartments may have a flat bottom surface, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. The divisions m contained in the compartments are each caused to stand slightly above the flat bottom so as to permit coins to pass forwardly under the divisions in a manner that will be explained. The divisions may be secured in place either by a sliding connection as seen at m in Figs. 2 and 3, or a pivotal connection as seen at m. In the latter case the divisions may be swung to an inclined position and in both cases the feature of movability is an assistance in putting coins into and taking them out of the compartments.

The means for feeding coins out is shown as a pusher or slide N having a stem 12 and forked beyond the stem in two branches n and W, said branches passing forward in parallelism to whatever extent may be necessary to correspond with the number of columns of coins in each compartment. The pusher seen in Figs. 4 and 5 is of a size for three columns of coins, and its application is more clearly seen in Fig. 2. In action the pusher rests upon the flat bottom of its compartment and slides forwardly and backwardly thereon in the act of pushing coins out of the compartment. The walls m be-- tween the compartments as also between the sidewalls M of the casing are grooved. or cut away at n and n to admit the pusher, and in fact as seen in Fig. 3 I prefer that the wall m should not extend to the bottom of the casing but be suspended slightly thereabove so as to admit space for the, side rails or branches n and n of the several pushers. The means which actually accomplishes the pushing out of the-coins consists in a plurality of projections 11. formed preferablyin pairs on opposite sides of the pusher, and of such construction that on each forward movement of the pusher the projections will.

engage the lowermost coins and shove them "forward so that in the fulloperation of the machine each complete forward movement of the pusher forces a number of coins out from the compartment into the recess m in front. In order that the pusher may be returned to its backward position notwithstanding the presence of the projections 92", the latter are made in the form of wedges with inclined rear surfaces n so that they may ride easily under the coins, or said projections are pivotally attached as at n and made the same to recede on passing the column of coins while the pusher N is moving to its backward position.

In conjunction with the wedge projections struction described, referring to Fig. 1, coins,

willbe fed on each reciprocation of the pusher and will be drawn from the rearmost column 2) of the coins in such compartment. To describe the action in'detail it is as follows: Fig. 2- shows the pusher N in its backward position. The several projections n or n are behind the three respective bottom coins of the three columns. The several latches n are inclined at their lower ends so as to permit forward movement but to prevent backward movements of the coins. With this condition of affairs, the pusher is shoved forwardly the distance approximately the diameter of one coin. The three bottom coins are thereby each moved forwardly to the extent of one diameter, and the forward coin 39 passes out from the front slit m into the recess m of easy access to the operator. At the same time the other two coins are each moved forwardly taking their place beneath the next succeeding columns, and at the end of the front stroke of 1 the pusher the rear column p will drop to the extent of the thickness of a single coin and a new coin will thereby engage the pusher in the space a thereof. On the backward movement of thepusher the several pairs of wedge projectionsn or n will pass easily under or around the several columns of coins respectively, and the pusher will be returned to its normal position or that seen in Fig. 1, whilethe coins will be prevented from moving backwardly with trol. device.

the pusher by means of the latches 11 standing intheir way. The rearmost wall does not require a drop latch with inclined bottom face, but instead is provided With a fixed lug or projection n? which stands permanently in position to prevent any coins passing backwardly out of the compartment.

sions p for a pin p in consequence of which the inward and outward movement of the armature 72 effects a forward and backward movement of the pusher, and the extent of such movement will be in accordance with the size of the coin handled in the compartment, to which the pusher applies. A spring? may be employed and conthe purpose of forcing the bell crank lever back to its normal position, thereby returning the pusher to its rearward position. The solenoid will be sufiiciently powerful to overcome the force of the spring 7')" and the friction and -other resistance of the coins in being moved forwardly. To energize the solenoid any source of electricity, conventionally illustrated at E may be employed, and the Wires 19 p and 7) may be employed to complete a circuit through the solenoid, the source of current and the con- It is to be mentioned that in the controlmechanism there is an electrical contactv device consisting of two contacts q and g which are adapted to be brought together bythe depression of the proper key. For example if the key marked 5 is depressed, it will effect a contact between the contacts 9 and g and complete the circuit so as to energize the solenoid P corresponding to the compartment which contains five cent pieces. In this way the depression of the key not'only effects the feeding out of a five cent piece from the coin compartment into the recess m, but also records at the same time by means ofan oscillating type 1' the amount of moneylpaid out on the sheet of paper 1". The .solenoidP may be conveniently fixed below the coin container, and the control mechanism Rcan be located at any convenient distance from the coin or change delivery mechanism. It has to be said also that the thickness of projections n or n of the pusher N as also clearances at the bottom of compartments and at the exit m must be made according to the thickness of one 'or a number of coins a pusher from the respective compartment is destined to feed out at a time.

Having thus described my invention and while n t wi h ng to lim t my l o th m veniently located about the armature p for v chanical details of construction, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following: i

1. A machine of the kind described, embodying therein a series of coin containers, each comprising a plurality of members havto hold horizontally a vertical column of coins, vertical partitions separating the members of each series, said partitions having a space below the same sufficiently large to permit the passage of a coin and means simultaneously forcing a coin from one member to the next adjoining member beneath said partition, and delivering a coin from the last member to the operator, and a controller whereby said last named means may be selectively operated.

2. A machine of the kind described embodying therein a series of coin containers each comprising a plurality of members having connecting open bottoms and adapted to holdhorizontally a vertical column of coins, vertical partitions separating the members of each series, said partitions having a space below the same .sufiicie'ntly large to permit the passage of one coin and means simultaneously forcing a coin fromone member to the next adjoining member beneath said par-' tition, and delivering .a coin from the last member to the operator, comprising a reciprocating pusher common to all members of each container, and a controller whereby said last named means may be selectively' operated.

3. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a coin container embodying therein a series of vertical containers each having a plurality of columns therein, ver-' tical partitions separating said columns, said partitions being spaced above the bottom of the container sufficiently to permit the passage of one coin, a pusher common to all columns of a container and moving in the bottom of said container, permanently adapted to engage and to feed out coin, from any column next to the last exhausted, said pusher constructed to' simultaneously move forward the bottom coins of all the columns so vas to feed out the foremost coin, and to ing connecting open bottoms, and adapted permit the rearmost column to feed downwardly to replace a coin in thevacant space.

4. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a coin container embodying therein .a series of vertical containers each having a plurality of columns therein, vertical partitions separating said columns, said partitions being spaced above the bottom of the container sufficiently to permit the passage of a coin, a backwardly and forwardly moving pusher common to all columns in a container andmoving in the bottom of said container, permanently adapted to engage and to feed out coin, from any column next to the last exhausted, said pusher constructed to simultaneously move forward the bottom coins of all the columns so as to feed out the foremost coin and to permit the rearmost column to feed downwardly to replace a coin in the vacant space, and means whereby the pusher may return backward without moving coins backward.

5. A coin container comprising a plurality of alined coin columns of equal diameter, division walls therebetween having cut away portions at the bottom thereof to permit coins to be pushed below said walls from one column to the adjacent column, a reciprocating pusher common to all-of said columns for feeding coins from said columns, one at a time, upon one reciprocation thereof, and latches in said division walls whereby coins are prevented from being fed upon the return reciprocation of said pusher.

6. A coin container having a plurality of coin columns, division walls therebetween arranged with spaces thereunder to permit 7 coins to be pushed out from below, apusher for feeding out coins, and latches 1n sa1d division walls to prevent coins feed ng back,

'andmeans on said pusher permitting it to move back without obstruction by the coins.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR VON BARTH.

Witnesses:

Mrs. H. R. CLARK, INGVARD GREISEN. 

